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POGO’s experts push policymakers to enact commonsense reforms that tackle waste, corruption, and abuse of power; hold those who’ve violated the public trust accountable; protect our constitutional rights; and make the government work for all people.
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Policy Letter
U.S. and Swiss groups protest sentencing of UBS whistleblower
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) and the Government Accountability Project (GAP) are writing today to raise serious concerns about the implications of the forthcoming sentencing of prominent UBS whistleblower, Brad Birkenfeld.
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Policy Letter
Coalition Thank You Letter to Senators Voting in Favor of McCain-Levin Amendment
The undersigned groups would like to thank you for voting to support the best interest of the troops and taxpayers by supporting the Levin-McCain amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2010.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Secretary Sebelius Regarding Production of Vaccine for H1N1 Swine Flu
The Project On Government Oversight, an independent, nonprofit organization, recognizes that your office must deal with the host of problems created by the H1N1 swine flu pandemic. Among these problems is the likelihood that adequate amounts of vaccine will not be ready in tim...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Senate Leadership Expressing Serious Concern Over F-22 Solicitation Request
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is writing to express our serious concerns about the integrity of the process to add seven unneeded F-22s to the Senate’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2010.
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Policy Letter
POGO and Taxpayers for Common Sense Call on Senate to Cut F-22 from Defense Authorization Act
The undersigned groups urge you to eliminate funding for seven unneeded F-22 Raptor fighter jets from the National Defense Authorization Act of 2010.
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to FDA’s Daniel Schultz MD regarding a policy decision by CDRH to discontinue inspections of nonclinical laboratories
This is a follow-up to our letter of March 17, 2009 (copy attached and also posted[1]), a letter to which we have not received a reply. The main subject of the letter was the policy decision by CDRH to discontinue inspections of nonclinical laboratories – inspections covered b...
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Policy Letter
POGO Asks FDA Head to Have Deadly Syringe Incident Investigated
We are writing about a specific instance of regulatory failure in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) at the FDA: the case of AM2PAT, Inc., a small company that manufactured and sold syringes.
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Policy Letter
Good government groups urge eliminating unnecessary weapons and earmarks
On behalf of our combined memberships, we urge you to prioritize taxpayer interests and our national security by eliminating unnecessary weapons and earmarks from the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2009.
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Policy Letter
POGO seeks removal of oversight exemption for overseas contracts
Cost Accounting Standards: Exemption From Cost Accounting Standards for Contracts Executed and Performed Entirely Outside the United States, Its Territories, and Possessions – Notice of request for information
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Policy Letter
Good Government Groups Support Bill to Improve Bailout Transparency
We write in support of H.R. 1242, a bill that would amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act to add greater transparency to the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). The bill would require the Treasury Department to establish a database that would provide ongoing, conti...
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Policy Letter
POGO Letter to Congress Raising Concerns About Bailout Private Asset Managers’ Conflicts of Interest
The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is writing to you today to raise concerns about the serious potential for conflicts of interest involving firms that are being hired by the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department to manage and provide “independent” advice on the valu...
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Policy Letter
POGO joins sign on letter to White House calling for restoration of OA FOIA
On behalf of the undersigned organizations concerned with government transparency and accountability, we write to request that the current administration act promptly to restore treatment of the White House's Office of Administration ("OA") as an agency subject to th...